. >> in new england, senior men's head coach thomas tuchel, who is joined here by fa ceo mark bullinghamart with some opening remarks before we open up to a q&a from the floor. but before we do

so i'd like to hand over to mark bullingham. >> great. thanks, andy. this is a really exciting day for the engush a really exciting day for the english game . english game. >> we've we've appointed one of the very best coaches in the world. and one of the very best young english coaches as his number two. our aim is always to win a major tournament, and we believe thomas gives us the best possible chance to do that at the next men's world cup. we had a clear recruitment plan in place before the euros, and john mcdermott and the team developed ourideal mcdermott and the team developed our ideal profile for an international coach and a shortlist if we needed it. after gareth resigned, we executed that plan. we met and evaluated potential candidates. thomas was absolutely outstanding, providing a really clear vision for the role and how he would work with our players to get the best out of them and to give us the best chance in the world cup. we were delighted to sign contracts with thomas last tuesday, but wanted to wait for the international window to b